I have recently started a new program and decided I'd start a journal...both written and online...to get some feedback.

A little background: I have been lifting for a couple months doing an awful 2 day split I came up with, and have decided to change to a different 2 day split that I found here at ExRx. I work out at home....and don't know any of my 1RM....and can't push too far with some things due to not having a partner. I work a physical job that makes it difficult to want to work out some days....and I wonder if my body is even getting enough rest. Anyway....I am ready to start pushing myself a little harder.

Goals? I'd like to get larger. I'd like to lose the tire around my stomach...the neck fat....and the man boob thing that was starting! Get stronger and more fit. Some of the reading I have done makes me think I fall in the bodybuilding category....<shrug>

I'll start with yesterdays workout, since I got a lat machine and it was the first day using it.

Note's: Took it easy on the leg curls due to my left knee. End of third set started getting painful....better than last workout though. Maybe having yesterday off from work helped. We'll see...if not I guess DL's will be better for my knee issue. ??

Notes: I'm stoked! No pain in the left knee doing leg curls! Feels great being able to do the whole leg workout! Seeing some progress....slowly adding weight...seems every workout there is a small increase somewhere. Squats may be a problem in the near future....I don't have a rack.

Notes: I dropped weight on the pulldowns.....thought my form was bad, so lower weight and slow deliberate motions......felt better. Decent workout considering I was dead tired and totally not motivated. Been feeling sluggish the past couple days....<shrug>

Notes: Workout felt great....more sweat! Gotta love it! I added more carbs to my diet today, and added a 1/2 a scoop more protein (I haven't been doing the full recommended serving size) and a banana to my preworkout shake. More energy today for sure....

Notes: Great workout.....went up on most everything. I celebrated by going to a German beer garden and drank many liters of Dunkel and ate a Jagershnitzle with spatzle........a cheat day to say the least... I spent most of yesterday recovering.

Squats will become more difficult until I get some sort of a rack. Wish I would have thought things through a little more and bought a rack setup instead of just a simple lat cable pulldown machine....<sigh>

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